Abel Alier

Abel Alier Kwai
First Vice President of Sudan
In office 1971–1972
Preceded by	Babiker Awadalla
Succeeded by	Mohamed Al-Baghir Ahmed
Second Vice President of Sudan
In office 1972–1982
Preceded by	Khalid Hassan Abbas
Succeeded by	Joseph Lagu
President of the High Executive Council of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region
In office 6 April 1972 – February 1978
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Joseph Lagu
Personal details
Born	(1933-06-23) June 23, 1933 (age 90) Bor District, Upper Nile, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan[1]
Nationality	South Sudanese
Alma mater	University of Khartoum
Ethnicity	Dinka

Abel Alier Kwai (born June 23, 1933) is a South Sudanese politician and judge who served as First Vice President of Sudan between 1971 and 1982 and as President of the High Executive Council of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region between 1972 and 1978. Abel Alier was a politician who managed to complete his college education among many Southern Sudanese. He is an internationally respected judge, human-rights lawyer and activist on behalf of Christians in the Sudan. Former Vice President of Sudan (1971–1982), he served as the first president of the High Executive Council of Southern Sudan. He sits on the Permanent Court of International Arbitration in The Hague and is recognized as Sudan's most prominent Christian lawyer. His latest book is Southern Sudan: Too Many Agreements Dishonoured.